My Gifts & Talents List
Is Finding Out My Gifts & Talents Really Easy?
"Could I really believe her that finding out what my gifts and talents were, could be as easy as answering a few questions in a workbook?" I thought to myself about all I had learned so far about gifts and talents .."
"Well," she said, "open it up and take a look."
I did as she suggested and started to look over the pages when I heard her laugh.
"You don't believeme, do you? That you can figure out what you are good at?" Her voice was a mixture of honest amusement and exasperation.
"Here ... look at this sample before and after statement, and then see if this is what you would like to find for yourself."
"Before" Statement
"My best subject in school was writing. When I was growing up, I thought I wanted to work in a zoo because I am good with animals. I am a fairly good storyteller and do a lot of different animal voices. My nieces, nephews, and all my friend's children beg me to make up bedtime stories about them having adventures with animals. And I am pretty good at cooking in the outdoors."
"After" List of Gifts and Talents
"I am naturally great at work that uses, to the highest degree, my gifts and talents of:
Public Speaking (Life Path 3)
- telling stories that make people laugh, especially ones that highlight the humor in animals and how closely they relate to humans (rare 1 in 10,000)
- creating funny animal voices and noises
- having a warm, engaging voice
Writing (Life Path 3)
- creating compelling arguments for the need for animals to thrive in the wild
- being sensitive to people's need to live in harmony with wildlife
- seeing possibilities for man and nature to co-exist and benefit each other
- creating animal characters people really care about (rare 1 in 100,000)
Research & Exploring (Life Path 7 & 1)
- finding and sharing quirky facts and the small details that make up the daily life of an animal
- easily establishing rapport with indigenous people
- finding hidden water holes and edible native plants (rare 1 in a 100,000)
- cooking a gourmet meal on a camp stove (rare 1 in a million)
- giving great foot massages after a long day hiking
"And once you find your own list, you can use it for all sorts of things," she said.
"Like what?" I asked as I looked up.
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